By-pass and relief valve device for steam-engines.



T. Hl, HABERKORN. BEC-PASS AND RELIEF VALVE DEVISE FOR, STEAM ENGINES, APPLICATION FILED 000117,1910.

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BYPASS AND RELIEF 'VALVE DEVICE FOR STEAM-ENGINES.

Specication of Letters-Patent. application and october 17, icio.- serial No.

' Patented sept. 24, 1912.

"To all 'whom lmay concern:

Be it known that I, Trruooonn H. HABER- a citizen of the United States of?. simericm residing at Fort l/Vayne, in the county of Allen and State finvented `certain KQRN:

of Indiana, have new and useful 'Improvements in By-Pass and Relief Valve DevicesA forStenm-Engines; and I hereby declare? the-following to 'of the invention, such as willf enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make l This invention relates to improvementsf in: combination by-pass and relief valve-de nection with the cylinders of steam-engines. One object of this invention 1s to providei a cyl-pass and relief valve-device whereby a cylinder oa steam-engine can be relieved' absence of a valvedevice or' the character indicated, would trapped Iin the cylinder und result in greatg` damage such, for instance, as breaking of,V

thecylider-heads or cylinder and` otherwisef `straining the reciprocating part of theE engine. n

Another object is to provide a valve-device of the lcharacter indicated whereby the cylin-- dersy Steam-engines, more especially on relieved or" the vacuum or-suction resulting during the movement or vthe pistons in the cylinders when the steam is'shut off 'and the engine is running ordriting, and thereby prevent said Vacuum is produced in one end of a cylinder while compression of air is had. in the otherend of the cylinder, from creating suction Athrough the exhaust-pipe when the main distributing valve opens the' exhaust, passage ofsmolte cylinders `from the the said exhaust-pipe and cinders into the smoke-box into which extendsi..

Another object is td permit the passage ;cf hot air from one end of the cylinder to the otherend ofthe cylinder as the steam is .shut oil from 'the' steam-chest, and by such passage of' air destroy any vacuum created by fthe moving piston of the cylinder, as in case of an engine mnningor drifting be a full, clear, and exacti and use the same.

n. l l l i vvided with by-pass and the valve is shown with steam 'shut olf, and keep the cylinder- Wallsv hot and thereby prevent condensation when steam is again admitted'to lthe cylinder.

Another object is to 'provide a byi-pass and relief valve-device which is simple vin construction, reliable in itsioperation and'A not liable togetout of order.

With these objects in view, and to the end of attaining any other advantage hereinafter appearing, this invention consists vin certain features of construction, and combinations and arrangement vor parts, hereinafter described, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanyin drawings.

'In .the said drawings, 'Figure 1 is a side view. of'a portion of a steam-cylinder prorelief valve-devices embodying .my inventio Fig. 2 is a central section taken through the valve-casing of one of the said by-pass and relief valvedevices. Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 3-3, Fig. 2, looking in the direction indicated. by the arrow, except that in Fig. 3 closed whereas in Fig. 2 the valve is shown open. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on line fl`4, Fig. 3, looking upwardly.

Referringto Fig. l of the drawings, A indicates thecylinder of a steam-engine; B, the steam-chest on the cylinder; C and C, two by-passj ying my invention and attached to opposite ends respectively of the cylinder, and and b pipes for conducting live steam from the steam-chest to the said valvedevices.

Each valve-device (see Figs.f2, 3 and 4) comprises a valve-casinglQ which is provided interiorly with a circular chamber 12. The valve-casing 10 is provided with a head 13 at one end of the head. forms an end Wall of the said chamber and is secured in place in any approved munner, and the said chamber has a'stemfinlet at the said end of the chamber, whic steaminlet is formed by a port 14 with which the valvecasing is provided. Said steaminlet 14: upon the application of thevalve-device to the cylinder of a stea1n`engine is placed in communication in any'ap nroved manner and relief valve-devices e1n' said chamber, Which- Cil ' open position of the faire D,

with the steam-chest on the cylinder, as, ,tor instance, by a pipe o shown in Fig. 1, sothat steam is supplied from the steam'ehest when the latter is charged with steam to the said steam'inlet. lt will be observed therefore that the chamber 1:2 in the \f'alve-casing is closed at one end thereof and at the said end has a steam-inlet 1li adapted to be placed in communication with the steam-chest ot f* steam-engine, and l would here remark that the said valve-easing is also provided interiorly with a passageway 15 which extends through the yalve-easing at the opposite end of the said chamber, `which passageway has one end portion thereof arranged substantially in line endwise with the said chamber and has its other end portion arranged substantially at a right-angle to and consequently extending laterally ot the said chamber. A valve-seat 1G is formed around the inner end of the firstementioned end portion of the passageway 15 and flares and consequently faces in the direction et the chamber 12, and a normally open valve D is contained interiorly of the '`alve-easiiig, which valve in its closed position seats on the said valve-seat. The passageway 15 at the outer end of its end portion which is substantially in line endwise with. the chamber 12 is adapted to be placed in comm unieation with the cylinder of a steamengine at one end ot the cylinder, and the valve D in its closed position interrupts communication through the said passageway. Y

The valve l) has a hollow body d which is provided interiorly with a cylindrical bore 17 which extends a suitable. ,listance inA wardly from the forward end ot the -valve, and the said body terminates in a piston 18 arranged within and movable endwise of and fitting the chamber 19,. it will observed theret'ore'that the piston 18 is operatively connected with the valve D. l1 suitably applied spiralI spring c, acting to ref tain the valve D in its open and normal pon sition, is arranged. `within the bore 1( and confined between the inner end et the said bore and a shoulder or abutment g toi-ined Aon a block G: arranged within the passagieway 15 forwardly ot the valve and nmunted on a pin il which is arranged substantially at a right angle to the line of mmfei'nent oit said valve and pivoting said hloeli or abutment to the valve-casing. The pistmji 18, in the is arranged to he actuated 'to close the valve, against the action o1 the spring e, by iluidprcssure resulting from the supply of steam to the chamber 12 through. the steanrinlet 14C of the chamber, and the valve in its closed p tion is adapted to be opened by the admis sion, to the passageway 15 at the eater end of its end portion which is substai'itially in line endwisc with the said chamber, oi' tuidl l i l noa-asas pressure greater than the valve-closing fluidprc iure supplied through the said steaminlet.,

By the construction hereinbefore described it will be observed that th spring e is housed within the body d of tie Valve where it is out of the way and a equately protected.

A* stop'tor limiting the movement of the piston 18 during the actuation of the piston to open the Valve D is provided and is preferably formed by a lug 19 on the isten and a lug :20 on the head 13 of the valve-casing. The lug 19 projects forwardly toward and is arranged opposite the lug 20. The stop thus formed by the said lugs prevents the piston, during the actuation ot' the valve from its closed sition, from moving far enough to cover the steain-inlet 14 of the piston-containing chamber and thereby interrupt the passage of steam through. the said steam-inlet. Also the stop thus formed by the said lugs does not interfere with the provisionof an adequate space around the said lugs in the open position of the valve, as shown in Fig. 2.

Ot' course, a steani-cylinder, to which n iy. improved oy-pass' and relief valvedevice is applicable, is equipped with two such Valvedeyices applied of the cylinder, and the passageways 15 1n the ya *fe-casings of the where the said passageways extend laterally of the'piston-contai.1.iing chambers in the valve-easings, are placed in communication with each other by a suitably applied pipeline l, shown in Fig 1, so that the passageway 15 in each valve-easing is continually in communication at a point between the valve-seat and the piston-containing chamber of the valve-casing with the correspond passageway in the other valve-casing at apoint between the piston-containing chamber and the valve-seat of the last-mentioned if'alvewcasing. The pipe-line l is provided intermediate the ends thereof, as shown in l, vwith a branch or outlet to the external atmosphere.

would here remark that when a locomotive is drifting there is suction in one en et the cylinder and the hot air in the other end oi the cylinder is under pressure, but as the pipe-line entends substantially in a direct line, as shown in Fig. 1, between the two valve-devices C on the cylinder, de- .livery of the said hot air under pressure to the first-mentioned end of: the cylinder, sub- .f-tantially without the bra;ocli-pipe J, is insured.

As already hereinbe'fore indicated, the valve D contained by the valve-easing of my improved 'valye-deVice/is closed, against 'the action oi the spring e, as shown in Fig.

to opposite ends respectively,

said valve-devices,

position into its open po- J which leads drawing in cold air from i application of 3, by steam-chest course when thereby permitting 'from one end of the cylinder to the other end destruction of any 20 cylinder at one end of the pressure on the piston operatively connected with the valve, and the said valve is opened by cylinder-pressure when the cylinder-pressure exceeds the steam-chest pressure as will be the case when water is being/,compressed in the cylinder by the moving piston in the cylinder, but of the steam is shut off from the thevsaid Valve is retained in normal .position by the spring,

y repassage of hot air steam`-chest its open and of cIylinder through the pipeline I which is em'p oyed,as already indicated, in connectin together two by-pass and relief valve-A evices which are applied to opposite ends respectively of the cylinder, and obviously such passage of hot air results in the vacuum' created by the moving piston in the cylinder as in the case of an engine running or drifting with steam shutoff. It will also lbe observed that het air passing from one end of the cylinder enters the other end of'the cylinder substantially at the moment steam is shut off from the steam-chest, and the hot air thus passing from one end to the other end ofthe cylinder keeps the cylinder-walls het and thereby prevents condensation when steam is again admitted to the cylinder. It is obvious of course that when the cylinder-pressure eX- ceeds the steam-chest pressure, as in case of the'injection of water with steam into the cylinder, the valve of my im roved valve-device at said end' of the-cylin Sure and the latter forces said water to and through lthe branch or outlet J of the pipe'- line I as the valve of my improved valvedevice at the opposite end ,of the cylinder is held in its closed position by steam-chest pressure.

It will be observed that a steam-engine cylinder equipped with valvedevice"s emdying my invention is relieved of any water passing with steam yinto the cylinder and trapping of water` in the ,cy linder is successfully avoided so that no great darnage such, for instance, as the breaking of cylinder-heads, br straining of reciprocating parts of the engine, is possible. Also, the my improved valve-device to the -steam-cylinders on locomotives is advantageous 'for the reasons hereinbefore stated. Also,the said valve-device is simple in construction, readily applicable, reliable in its operation, and not liable to get out of order, and only one valve at 'each end of'thecylinder for the purposes of relief and by-pass is required. I would also remark that not unimportant. is'the pivoting, as vat H, of the abutment G formed for the outer end of the spring e of each valve- .;levice to the valve-casing, as shown, so as p cylinder and the.

er is opened by the cylinder-presv spring vin the manner shown is materially helpful sticking.

That I claim is r* l. The combination, with two valve-casings spaced 'to render them capable of application to opposite ends respectively of a steam-engine cylinder, each vvalve-casing having a chamberv'hich is closed. at one end thereof and at said end has a steaminlet adaptedio be placed in communication with the steam-chest on said cylinder, which valve-casing is provided with a passageway which extends through the valve-casing at the opposite end of said chamber, the passageway in one valve-casing being adapted to be placed at one end thereof in ,communication with said cylinder at one end of the ,passageway in the other valve-casing 'being adapted to be placed at one end thereof in communication with said cylinder at the opposite end of the cylinder; a normally open valve in each valvecasing, which valve in its closed position interrupts communication through the passageway in said valve-casing; a piston arranged within and movable endwise of the aforesaid chamber in each valve-casing and operatively connected with the valve in said valve-casing, and a spring' within each valve-casing, which spring acts to retain the valve insaid valve-casing open, of a pipeline connecting the two valve-casings together and communicating with the passageway in each valve-casing at the other end of said passageway, said` pipe-line being provided intermediate the valve-casings with an outlet 'which' leadsfto the external atmosphere.

2. In a by-pass and relief valve-device for a steain-engine,fa valve-casing provided in teriorly with a circular chamber closed at one end thereof 'and yatl said end having a steam-inlet; a' passageway extending in 'preventing valve from through the valve-casing at the opposite end which passageway has ono of said chamber, end-portion 'thereof 'arranged substantially in line endwise with said chamber and has its other end-portion extending laterally' of said chamber; a valve-seat extending around the inner end of the first1nentioned end-portion of said Imssagevway and facing in the direction of said chamber; a. norf mally open valve which in itsf'closed position seats on said `valve-seataml interrupts communication through thesaid pasage'ii o? way, which valve has fa 4hollow body profe han vided centrallvwith a bfore extending from 125 the forward end of the. valve inwardly, ,y which body terminates in a piston arranged :'f

within and movable endwise of said chamber; a spil und arrange which spring acts und an abutment Spring,

the line of movemeu to for u1 Spring housed.

d longltudnmlly of sind within Said body bore, retain the valve open, the outer end of the t of the piston.

n testimony ing speccaton, 'm the y prese-nte 0i witnesses.

THEOD VVtneSses PAUL F.

sign the. "forego- .tWo

whereof, I

ORE EHABERKORN.

KUHNE,

H. B. KUHNE. 

